Elizabeth Scott Williams Smith | |
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| Born | Elizabeth Scott 1708 Norwich, England |
| Died | June 13, 1776 (aged 67–68) Wethersfield, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Resting place | Village Cemetery, Wethersfield |
| Occupation | Poet, hymnwriter |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British, American |
| Genre | Hymns |
| Subject | Christianity |
| Notable works | "All hail, Incarnate God"; "Awake, our drowsy souls" |
| Spouse | ; |
| Relatives | Thomas Scott and Joseph Nicol Scott (brothers); Daniel Scott (uncle) |
Elizabeth Scott Williams Smith (née, Scott; after first marriage, Williams; after second marriage, Smith; 1708 – June 13, 1776) was an 18th-century British-born American poet and hymnwriter. Prior to 1750, she wrote many hymns with the largest of her known manuscript collections containing 90 of these. The first publication of her hymns was in The Christian's Magazine, edited by William Dodd, 1763. Nineteen of her hymns were given in John Ash and Caleb Evans' baptist Collection, Bristol, 1769, and twenty in John Dobell's New Selection, 1806. Of these, one of the best known is "All hail, Incarnate God".[1] Smith died in 1776.